Day 23/24 New Friends and Valentine's Day

So this weekend has been the first real weekend in Roma. We arrived here last Saturday, so we spent most of the weekend catching up on sleep and unpacking. On Thursday I went to bed early, and Friday Gail and I spent literally 6 hours planning our trips! This coming weekend we are going to Barcelona, and in a month or so we will go to Copenhagen. On Saturday, we walked around town and did some sight seeing. It was really fun to see everyone's apartments!

Then at night we went to Campo de Fiore, which is a very American area. We went to a bar called Sloppy Sam's. The drinks were so cheap for Italy, only 5 Euros! Which still is way overpriced, but on average drinks cost 10 Euros! I went out with some of my roommates and our other friends on our program. We enjoyed sitting on the patio under a heating lamp and watched all the people in the Piazza. There was a lot of dancing, singing, and drinking in the Piazza! Further into the evening we met a man from Brazil. He was our age, and was doing an intership program here for enginerring. He lives alone, and is the only student working for the company. So we really enjoyed his company and finally befriending someone not American!

On Valentine's Day, we climbed the Castle Saint Angelo in the Vatican area. It was so beautiful to reach the top and look over the city. It was breath taking, and almost brought me to tears! We were exhausted after climbing the castle so we walked around the park and went to a market near by. We bought some snacks and sat near an ice rink and watched all the pre-teens skate and awkwardly hold hands with their 'signifcant other' hahaha. It was an interesting flash back to our childhood. The rink was playing great American music so we enjoyed the comfort of relaxing with friends and listening to U.S music, just as we would do at home!

To end the holiday, my roomates and I made homemade tacos, something that we all crave and miss from home. All the Mexican resturants here outragously expensive, so we decided to make it at home, but even the supplies were expensive! In the end every bite made the money worth it!